''Fed Through the Teeth Machine'' is the fourth studio album by the American band The Red Chord, released October 27, 2009. The album was self-produced by the band and was mixed and mastered by Chris "Zeuss" Harris. ''Fed Through the Teeth Machine'' sold more than 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release and debuted at No. 180 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.

Background

Kozowyk explained the album title: "It's from the

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show '' How It's Made''. They were talking about this machine they feed zippers through, but we just thought the name was creepy."The Red Chord: 'Fed Through The Teeth Machine' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed – Sep. 9, 2009
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Guitarist Mike "Gunface" McKenzie commented: "We spent the last year working hard on this one and we're excited for everyone to finally hear it. It's a lot faster and, in my opinion, more straight-forward in a structural sense. We're really happy with the great work Jonny Fay and Zeuss did, too. It's not a concept record, but there are some loose conceptual elements to it: hygienic obsession, delusional compound-dwellers and Maniac Mansion." ''Fed Through the Teeth Machine'' sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release and debuted at No. 180 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.The Red Chord: 'Fed Through The Teeth Machine' First-Week Sales Revealed – Nov. 4, 2009
Blabbermouth The Red Chord also debuted at No. 34 on the Billboard Hard Music chart and No. 6 on the Billboard Heatseeker chart. ''Fed Through the Teeth Machine'' cracked the Neilson Sound Scan charts in Canada coming in at No. 57 on the Independent charts and No. 70 on the Hard charts.

Reception

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'' stated about the album: "The foursome's fierce attack is as brutal as ever...what could well be a bunch of noise in the hands of lesser headbangers is intricate and engrossing on ''Teeth Machine'', whether it's the twisting tempo shifts of 'Demoralizer' or the blazing twin guitar attacks on 'Hymns and Crippled Anthems'." Thursday, November 05, 2009; The Red Chord breaks the Billboard Top 200 with ‘Fed Through the Teeth Machine’!
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'' commented the album: "...there's a definite stamp of intent on ''Fed Through the Teeth Machine''; there are more dynamics, more variety, a wider swath of sound being used in conjunction with the band's brand of grind/death/core. Opener 'Demoralizer' is an excellent grinder with solid rhythms and a smooth integration of breathy string bends that are almost psychedelic. The next track, 'Hour of Rats', utilizes a unique scalar shuffle with equal amounts melody and crunch. There are moments when ''Fed Through'' is angrier than a hornet's nest, faster than Usain Bolt with diarrhea, and weird as that guy talking to himself on the street corner, but still as smart as a college professor and groovier than the skin around grandma's eyes." '' The Daily News'' McKeesport stated: "Massachusetts' tech-death/hardcore muck and grinders The Red Chord developed the template for their sound, only to watch a million other bands copy it. Big surprise, huh? Well, the joke's on the newcomers, because The Red Chord still do it far better, which they prove beyond a shadow of doubt on their fourth album."

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stated that "''Fed Through the Teeth Machine'' is a capable and well-executed grindcore record from a band that understands what the genre is all about."

Track listing

Personnel

;The Red Chord * Guy Kozowyk –

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* Mike "Gunface" McKenzie –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

* Greg Weeks –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Brad Fickeisen –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

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(of The Acacia Strain) – additional vocals on "Face Area Solution" ;Production * The Red Chord – production * Jonny Fay – recording engineer * Chris "Zeuss" Harris – mixing and mastering * Michael J. Windsor – album artwork

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